Prakrit Proper Names (Agamic Index I) v2.c8.s3.402

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1. Ruyaga (Rucaka) One of the three concentric mountains. It is also called Ruyagavara(2).¹ It is situated in the Ruyagavara(1) continent. As it is concentric it divides the continent into two (circular) halves² (internal and external). This mountain is resort of some principal Disākumāris. It is divided into four quarter-wise divisions, i. e. Eastern, Western, Northern and Southern, each having eight peaks. The names of the peaks of southern Ruyaga are : Kaṇaa(3), Kaṃcaṇa(2), Pauma(17), Nalīṇa(6), Sasi(2), Divāyara, Vesamaṇa(8), and Verulia(2). The Northern Ruyaga has Rayaṇa(2), Rayaṇuccaya, Savvarayaṇa(2), Rayaṇasaṃcaya(1), Vijaya(20), Vejayaṃta(4), Jayaṃta(5) and Aparājiya(2) as its peaks. The Eastern and the Western Ruyaga have the following peaks respectively : Riṭṭha(5), Tavaṇijja, Kamcana(2), Rayaya(4), Disāsotthiya, Palamba(4), Amjana(6) and Amjanapulaya(2); Sotthiya(2), Amoha(2), Himavam, Mamdara(4), Ruyaga(7), Ruyaguttama, Camda(6) and Sudamsana(18).³ Each peak is presided over by a principal Disākumārī.⁴ There are eight other principal Disākumārīs, four of whom reside in the sub-quarters and the other four in the middle region of the Ruyaga mountain.⁵ It is 85000 yojanas high,⁶ i. e. one thousand yojanas under the earth and eighty four thousand yojanas above the earth.⁷ The width of the underground and the summit bases of this mountain are ten thousand and one thousand yojanas respectively.⁸